Cuff-holder



NITED STATES WATENT rFIcE.

IVILLIAM C. SI-IAIV, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

CUFF-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 474,648, dated May 10,1892.

Application filed February 24, 1391. $erial No. 382,671- (No model.)

To and whom it may concern:

Be'itknown that I, IVILLIAM C. SHAW, a citize11 of the United States,residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Cuff-Holders; and I dohereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact descriptionof the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to whichit appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to that type of cuffholders that are moreespecially adapted for connection to either the wristband of the shirtor to the inside of the coat-sleeve, the object of the presentimprovement being to form in one integral piece a cuff-holder in whichare combined the features of great durability, cheapness, simplicity,and ease of attachment and detachment. l attain such object by theconstruction of parts illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in whichFigure 1 is a perspective view illustrating my improved cuff-holder asformed of a sheet or plate metal; Fig. 2, a side elevation in position,the cuff and wristband being shown in section; Fig. 3, a detail viewshowing the attachment of the cuff-holder to the inside of thecoat-sleeve.

Similar numerals of reference indicate like parts in the differentviews.

As represented in the drawings, my improved cuff-holder consists of asingle piece of metal bent upon itself to form the upper, lower, andintermediate clasp members 1, 2, and 3 of the holder, the lower andintermediate members 2 and 3 being connected together at their forwardends, while the upper and intermediate members 1 and 3 are connectedtogether at their rear ends to form the respective receiving-cavitiesfor the wristband or cuff of the shirt or other article of wear and forthe cuff proper.

In the present invention the means for the attachment and holding of thecuff proper is furnished by means of a downwardly-projecting bend or gap4 midway of the intermediate member 3 and extending the transverse widthof the same and a transverse spur or tooth 5 on the forward end of theupper mem- V ber 1 and arranged immediately above the gap or bend t andadapted to projectinto the same, as shown. This spur or toothis adaptedto engage in the button hole or holes of the cuff, as usual, and ispreferably formed by bending the forward end of the upper member 1 backupon itself, with a short portion of the extreme end bent at rightangles to constitute the spur or tooth 5 and leave a forwardly-projecting th umb'piece 6,by which the upper member is drawn upward inintroducing or removing the cuff 7 from the holder. In the constructionshown the under ridge of the bend l of the intermediate member 3, inconnection wit-h the corresponding bend or offset 8 in the lower member2, ordinarily constitutes means sufficient for attaching the holder tothe wristband 9 of the shirt, 850. However, for a better attachment themeeting faces of either or both members 2 and 3 may be provided withserrations or teeth 10 to insure a more perfect attachment. In mypreferred construction I extend the lower member 2 backward, and providethe same at its rear end with a head 11 or other usual means ofattachment, so that it can be sewed on the inside of the coat-sleevewhen such mode of attachment of the holder is desired.

While in the drawings I illustrate my improved cuff-holder asconstructed of a fiat plate or bar of metal, it is within the provinceof my invention to make the same in a substantially identical form fromwire.

Having thus fully described my said invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

A cuff-holder comprising the clasp members 1, 2, and 3, integrallyformed and provided with the gap or recess 4:, tooth or spur 5,bend oroffset 8, and head or other attaching means formed on therearwardly-projecting portions of the lower member, substantially as setforth.

In testimony whereof witness my hand this 16th day of February, 1891.

IVM. C. SHAlV.

In presence of' ROBERT BURNS, GEO. H. ARTHUR.

